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[Lord Error]

I want to see the reaction of someone getting this in the post that pre-ordered after the initial announcement, doesn't own a PS4, and doesn't even realise the game has been re-announced for PS4.

One person like that has to exist in the world.

Their countdown TV ads in Japan are based on that exact concept And they are awesome:

http://gematsu.com/2016/11/last-guardian-japanese-countdown-web-commercial-series-begins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av6wst_fE0M

I've only heard it will be patched for HDR on launch day.

I'm hoping for a suped up 1080p mode.

Where did you hear that?

 

[Kaako]

Glad to read this. CE on lock, cannot freaking wait!

 

[pswii60]

I said this in the PAL charts thread but TLG is going to sell an awful lot of copies, think I said 100k+.....

If only. It's sat at #40 in UK Amazon chart and it releases in a week. 100k worldwide maybe.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

It's still not doing too hot in the Amazon pre-order charts, but I don't know how representative that is of overall sales so I won't say anything definitive.

But maybe Sony had really low expectations.

Yeah, I considered that too but then I looked at what was ahead of it (BF1, CoD, etc...) at lower prices and then I figured it may just be that the stuff ahead of it is moving well rather than TLG doing poorly. We'll see though.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

They've had like ten years to build pre order numbers. I'd expect them to be good.

 

[rockx4]

Would need to know what expectations were to even know if this means anything. I doubt it'll sell very well though.

 

[KillerMan91]

If only. It's sat at #40 in UK Amazon chart and it releases in a week. 100k worldwide maybe.

Hate it when people reply to hyperbole with opposite hyperbole. Shadow of the Collossus did 140k first week in Japan alone. First week in Japan and UK combined will be over 100k if it doesn't completely bomb.

 

[Xadjim]

I havent preordered yet but I am looking forward to this.

 

[Jawbreaker]

The marketing has been pretty substantial relative to its niche appeal. This is great to hear.

 

[……forgetit]

Seems like Sony says this a lot. They like to fund smaller and niche games, but they never seem to believe in them.

see: Until Dawn

 

[DriftingSpirit]

They've had like ten years to build pre order numbers. I'd expect them to be good.

Yeah, all those PS3 pre orders for a cancelled version are inflating the orders.

 

[HStallion]

Seems like Sony says this a lot. They like to fund smaller and niche games, but they never seem to believe in them.

see: Until Dawn

Yeah the huge ad campaign really shows they have no faith in the game.

 

[Give War A Chance]

They should have really low expectations.

Agreed. Which should make it easy to exceed them.

As someone who wanted this game from the moment I saw it first revealed... I am still going in very, very cautiously optimistic.

I hope, at the very least, it delivers for the fans who stuck by it for all this time. It's a game that clearly won't be for everyone, but I just hope it's for a segment of the gamer audience that is big enough to matter.

 

[Raw64life]

They're probably underestimating the number of people who have died since TLG first became available for pre-order.

 

[Markitron]

I ordered it and own the previous 2 games on the ps3 release but haven't played them. Im excited because it looks good

You really need to play them. To be completely honest, if TLG is even half as good as those two games, it will easily be my GOTY.

 

[Sleight of Jam]

But what are their expectations exactly?

They're probably underestimating the number of people who have died since TLG first became available for pre-order.

ayy lmao

 

[Unknown?]

They've done a smart job at advertising. Billboards, presence at GameStop, trailer at fantastic beasts. Maybe this will teach them that advertising interesting games works?

 

[RootCause]

That's good to hear. We need more unique tittles like this.

 

[Kayant]

That's good for their sake it's hopefully a reasonable one.

The thirst for first party content

So much edgyness on gaf lately.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Well their expectations are probably freakishly low, but still decent news. I know I'm ready to get my Ueda on next week.

 

[ethomaz]

There were suggestions in the PAL thread that TLG would get ~20K or even ~10K. Also, that DR4 would sell more. No bets were made but this info swings the pendulum in a certain direction, at least.

The Order did more than that.

TLG will do over 40k at launch.

 

[manzoman96]

Really happy about that. Looking forward to picking it up after I'm done with FFXV.

 

[KORNdoggy]

The thirst for first party content

had plenty of that...

the thirst for a team ico game though is very VERY real for me. limited edition ordered and i generally hate the things. lol

 

[ThatOneGrunt]

This is kind of a non-comment without knowing their baseline.

 

[Servbot24]

Don't jinx yourselves before the reviews come out Sony.

Are they not supposed to have sales forecasts?

 

[CrispyBoar]

The thirst for first party content

Sony has a lot more first party games on PS4 than Microsoft does for their console, lmao

 

[Yautja_Warrior]

Lets face it, TLG will never live up to the hype, just like FF15 but it doesn't mean it won't be a good game, just like FF15

Hard to say how much it will sell but the numbers I found online:

ICO did around 0.47m
SotC did around 1.14m on PS2

Not sure what the Remaster Collection sold but at a guess, I would say TLG might do 1m-1.5m world wide.

 

[KevinG]

Where did you hear that?

I swear I read it in a thread here yesterday. Can't find it now.

 

[semiconscious]

You really need to play them. To be completely honest, if TLG is even half as good as those two games, it will easily be my GOTY.

very likely true for me, as well ...

 

[Aceofspades]

Seems like Sony says this a lot. They like to fund smaller and niche games, but they never seem to believe in them.

see: Until Dawn

They believe in the games hence why they develop/co-develop them, its just they don't believe in customers tastes.

 

[melkier33]

Anyone hear anything about the last guardian thing they were doing for the PlayStation e3 theater showings? Something about 1 winner at each theater but as far as I'm aware they didn't say what. I'll probably preorder after the conference on Saturday, just kinda been waiting to hear about that, in the very off something comes out of it.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

Not pre ordered but will pick it up day 1.
Excited but I know I will not play it day 1 the same reason I not played my copy of FFXV yet.. BF1 addiction.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I hope the game was profitable after the 9 year dev cycle

 

[Omnistalgic]

I hope the game was profitable after the 9 year dev cycle

Could still be...remember development halting on it for a number of years and then picked back up, so it wasn't a huge money sink.

I'd imagine they can still break even with good sales

 

[Kaako]

I hope the game was profitable after the 9 year dev cycle

Me too. However, I can guarantee you that if profit was a major concern for them with this project, this game would never ever get released. This is 100% a passion project for the fans.

 

[mnemonicj]

The hype is real and I hope the game at least gives me that SoTC feel. I can't wait.

 

[More_Badass]

Lets face it, TLG will never live up to the hype, just like FF15 but it doesn't mean it won't be a good game, just like FF15

Hard to say how much it will sell but the numbers I found online:

ICO did around 0.47m
SotC did around 1.14m on PS2

What exactly is the hype though? That it's another Ueda game that's as good as his past work and builds up what those games did? "Hype" needs context; what must TLG achieve to be a masterpiece that some say it won't or can't be?

 

[Brutalitops]

The thirst for first party content

Accurate first post is best post, and the salt is caused is pretty tasty too.

 

[Markitron]

Me too. However, I can guarantee you that if profit was a major concern for them with this project, this game would never ever get released. This is 100% a passion project for the fans.

I'm not saying it's going to be profitable or anything, but I can't imagine it cost as much as many people are making out. I can't remember the exact figure but I don't think the team was very big for most of the development cycle.

Accurate first post is best post, and the salt is caused is pretty tasty too.

The salt caused by this post is actually people pointing out how inaccurate it was.

 

[KORNdoggy]

I hope the game was profitable after the 9 year dev cycle

incredibly small team by todays standards and not in development for a continuous 8 years either. it was dropped entirely for a good chunk of it.

 

[synce]

Still waiting on the reviews. But if it's good, at least 10 hours long, and doesn't have DLC, I'll buy at full price

 

[ThatStupidLion]

hype machine is at full steam.

unfortunately i'm worried about alot of backlash and resale copies due to it having a notably "short" campaign with no MP....modern day gamers don't take too kindly to those type of games, esp when full priced and after ~10 years of dev time.

 

[More_Badass]

Still waiting on the reviews. But if it's good, at least 10 hours long, and doesn't have DLC, I'll buy at full price

hype machine is at full steam.

unfortunately i'm worried about alot of backlash and resale copies due to it having a notably "short" campaign with no MP....modern day gamers don't take too kindly to those type of games, esp when full priced and after ~10 years of dev time.

Early impressions have said around 12. Someone currently playing said he's about 9 hours in

 

[spookyfish]

Well they have years upon years of pre-orders

Best post.

Early impressions have said around 12. Someone currently playing said he's about 9 hours in

Nice! Let's hope so.

 

[Armigr]

Accurate first post is best post, and the salt is caused is pretty tasty too.

I feel really bad for your taste buds if pure salt satisfies your taste.

 

[DeviantBoi]

I wish I could play this at launch.

No money, though.

 

[Kaako]

I'm not saying it's going to be profitable or anything, but I can't imagine it cost as much as many people are making out. I can't remember the exact figure but I don't think the team was very big for most of the development cycle.

I fully agree with you on this as well. I think people just see "9 year dev cycle" and go apeshit with budget prediction for this game. I honestly don't think Sony spend more than $30-40 mil for the dev budge alone.

 

[DangerMouse]

Early impressions have said around 12. Someone currently playing said he's about 9 hours in

Perfect.

You really need to play them. To be completely honest, if TLG is even half as good as those two games, it will easily be my GOTY.

Yup, already got my CE order in. Can't wait.
Would have bought a GR2 CE as well.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Early impressions have said around 12. Someone currently playing said he's about 9 hours in

oh thats good to hear - I was under the impression it was 6-8 hrs

 

[M_to_P]

So 5 preorder then?